Programme

CCMI 20th ANNIVERSARY

8th June – Charlemagne building, room GASP

09:00 – 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome

  • Brian Maguire, Journalist / Producer EURACTIV – Moderator (video presentation)

10:05-10:45 Keynote addresses

  • Christa Schweng, EESC President
  • Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market – video message
  • Jacques Creyssel, President of the Economic and Financial Commission, French Economic, Social and Environmental Council
  • Lukáš Prokeš, Director of European and International Law Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic – video message 

(CCMI video projection)

10:45-10:55 Opening: 2002-2022, 20 years supporting European Industry

  • Pietro Francesco De Lotto, CCMI President, EESC Member

11:00-12:30 – Panel 1: Building on our heritage to have an industry fit for the future: the role of CCMI

  • Rolf Kuby, Director General, Euromines
  • Bernd Schäfer, CEO EIT Raw materials
  • Enrico Gibellieri, CCMI Delegate
  • Péter Olajos, President CEEweb for Biodiversity, CCMI Delegate
  • Concluding remarks: CCMI – from the past to the future: Monika Sitárová, Head International Department OZ KOVO, CCMI Vice-President, CCMI Delegate
  • Q&A

12:30-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 – Panel 2: Towards a climate neutral and strategic competitiveness. The sectorial challenges of decarbonising energy intensive industries

  • Peter Dröll, Director for Prosperity, DG R&I, European Commission
  • Judith Kirton-Darling, Deputy General Secretary, IndustriAll EU
  • Baiba Miltoviča, TEN Section President, EESC Member
  • Paul Rübig, EIT Governing Board Member, CCMI Member
  • Q&A

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:30 – Panel 3: Enhancing Europe's strategic autonomy: A comprehensive effort to digitalise Europe's aerospace and defence industry ecosystem

  • Alain Alexis, Adviser for synergies space, defence & civil industries, DG DEFIS, European Commission
  • Eric Morel de Westgaver, Director of European, Legal and International Matters, European Space Agency
  • Bastien Mancini, CEO Delair
  • Jan Pie, Secretary General ASD, CCMI Delegate
  • Eric Brune, Chairman for defence sector, CCMI Delegate
  • Q&A

17:30-17:45 – Concluding remarks

  • Pietro Francesco De Lotto, CCMI President, EESC Member

Participants can speak in CS and speak and listen to BG/ES/DE/EL/EN/FR/IT/PL/SK